heart disease

Diabetes and heart attack: what’s new to improve outcomes?

Professor Girish Dwivedi·
Heart disease is a leading cause of death in people with diabetes mellitus. Despite improvements in treatment options, diabetes remains associated with excess risk of heart disease. This is particularly important in people with diabetes with recent heart attack as the risk of recurrent heart attack, heart failure and death are increased substantially. Read More...
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Radiation therapy and heart disease

Dr Benjamin King & Dr Tee Lim·
In mid-July 2020, a team of cardiologists and radiation oncologists became the first doctors in WA and the second in Australia to use stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) to treat a heart disease patient. The team of Perth doctors carried out the procedure in close collaboration with Washington University of St Louis (WUSTL), where the technology was developed. Read More...
Clinical Articles
·3 mins read·